330 GT Registry

Paint Colors

This list of paint colors comes from a 1964 article published in the Italian Quattroruote magazine.

ItalianEnglish
avorioivory
biancowhite
grigio azzurroblue gray
grigie mediomedium gray
grigio scurodark gray
blublue
blu scurodark blue
verde scurodark green
rossored
amarantodark red
marronebrown
neroblack
grigio argento metallizzatometallic silver gray
grigio medio metallizzatometallic medium gray
grigio scuro metallizzatometallic dark gray
oro metallizzatometallic gold
verde chiaro metallizzatometallic light green
verde medio metallizzatometallic medium green
verde scuro metallizzatometallic dark green
blu chiaro metallizzatometallic light blue
celeste metallizzatometallic sky blue
azzurro metallizzatometallic blue
blu scuro metallizzatometallic dark blue

Colors Listed in the Registry

ItalianColor Name*English
AmarantoAmaranto 19379 It.Dark Red
AmarantoAmaranto 20153 S.It.Dark Red
ArgentoArgento 20265 ASilver
ArgentoArgento 25090 A It.Silver
AvorioAvorio 19377 It.Ivory
AzzurroAzzurro 19278 M It.Azure
AzzurroAzzurro Acrilico 20336 ItalverAzure
AzzurroAzzurro Metallizzato 29336A ITAzure
BeigeBeige MM16259Beige
BiancoBianco 18934 It.White
BiancoBianco DUCO (S95C001)White
BiancoBianco It. 20414 acr.White
BiancoBianco MM 12435White
BluBlu 19391 It.Blue
Blu ChiaroBlu Chiaro 19343 MLight Blue
Blu FonçéBlu FonçéBlue
Blu MetallizzatoBlu Metallizzato-It. 23900Metallic Blue
Blu ScuroBlu scuro 18942 It.Dark Blue
Blu SeraBlu Sera 20100 M ItDark (evening) Blue
CelesteCeleste 19321 M ItSky Blue
CelesteCeleste 886 (Blue)Sky Blue
Celeste MetallizzatoCeleste Metallizzato 19321MSky Blue
Celeste PullmanCeleste Pullman 6850 It.Sky Blue
Grigio ArgentoGrigio Argento 18940 M It.Silver Gray
Grigio ArgentoGrigio Argento 20265 A. It.Silver Gray
Grigio ArgentoGrigio Argento 25090Silver Gray
Grigio FerroGrigio Ferro 106.E.8Iron Gray
Grigio FumoGrigio Fumo 18944 M It.Smoke Gray
Grigio MedioGrigio Medio 19249Medium Gray
Grigio NotteGrigio Notte 20266 Acr. It.Dark (night) Gray
MarroneMarrone 20325 It.Brown
NeroNero 18929Black
NeroNero 19374Black
NocciolaNocciola 19397 MLight Brown
NocciolaNocciola 20458 A It.Light Brown
Oro ChiaroOro Chiaro 19410 M It.Gold
RossoRosso 19374 It.Red
Rosso CinaRosso Cina 20456 SChina Red
Verde Medio MetallicVerde Medio MetallicMetallic Medium Green
Verde PinoVerde Pino 19404 MPine Green
Verde ScuroVerde Scuro 19394 It.Dark Green

* The paint codes come from documentation where Ferrari has supplied the original paint information.  It. stands for Italvar, maker of the paint used by Pininfarina. MM stands for Max Meyer, another paint supplier. A or Acr stands for acrylic.

These are paint codes from a Ditzler/PPG paint book:

YEARPAINT CODECOLOR NAMEGENERAL DESCRIPTION CHIP NO. DITZLER CODE
1963-7120414.A BIAOff White (Tetratema Bianco)Gray White - much lighter and cleaner than68625
1971 & Prior Dark Ronald Black  9000
1963-712033.6A AZZBlue Poly (Hyperion Azzurro)Medium Gray Blue - much cleaner, lighter than (with Poly)1413093
1963-7148Ribot Blue PolyMedium Blue - lighter, bluer than (with Poly)313094
1963-6745Silver Blue PolyMedium Silver Blue Gray - lighter, bluer than1613095
1968-71 Gainsborough Celeste PolySilver Blue - slightly lighter than1613770
1968-71 Tourbillon Blue PolyDark Blue - darker, bluer than4713771
1968-71 Caracalla Blue PolyDark Blue - deeper blue2513772
1968-71 Bright Blue Poly (Gladiateur Azzurro)Bright Blue - much brighter and bluer than9613773
1963-6720325.S MARCordovan (Marrone)Dark Brown - browner than8422612
1963-6720451.S NOCTan (Nocciola)Medium Tan - darker - no Poly11322614
1968-71 Colorado Brown PolyBronze Gold - darker, richer, browner than1923149
1968-71 Kelso Gold PolyDark Gold - darker than8923150
1968-71 Nasbrullah Gold PolyMedium Beige - darker (with Poly)2423151
1963-6720152.S GRIDark Gray (Griglo Scuro)Dark Gray - darker than6932496
1963-6719249 36Medium Gray (Grigio Medio)Medium Gray - lighter than6232497
1968-71330LeSancy Silver Gray PolyMedium Gray - lighter than6732771
1968-71 Mahmoud Gray PolyMedium Gray - darker (with Poly)7032779
1968-71 Ortello Gray PolyMedium Dark Gray - darker (with Poly)3732780
1968-71 Molvedo TurquoiseMedium Dark Green - slightly lighter than11443997
1968-71 Blenheim Green PolyMedium Dark Green  - darker, richer than5243998
1968-71 Bahram Green PolyMedium Light Green  - darker, richer than6443999
1968-71 Seabird GreenDark Green6544000
1963-69 Bull Lea MaroonMaroon7550710
1968-71 Blandford VioletPurple Violet 50814
1968 Race Car RedLight Red - slightly darker than3370797
1963-68 RedBright Red - richer, darker9971508
1968 RedDark Red - much darker 71727
1968-7119374Rosso RedMedium Dark Red - (redder than 71727)3371145
1968-71 The Tetrarch CreamPale Cream - lighter than1381729
1968-71 Man O’War YellowPale Yellow - cleaner than10581730

Here's a chart with the original colors classified by general color group.  This is based on the ~365 cars where the original color is known.  As you can see, blue was predominant with red and silver being the next most popular.

This chart is for the last known colors of ~660 cars.  As you can see, clearly later owners think that a Ferrari should be red or they got painted resale red in the process of being sold.